Over at ATF Multimedia, we got to see a late comer to 7800 GTX scene. The ASUS Extreme N7800 GTX is another high end product from the top Taiwanese firm. Although the card, like every other 7800 GTX that showed up on shelves recently, are all identical to one another. But however, the bundled contents had brought us a pleasant surprise. Having games like Project Snow Blind, Xpand Rally, Joint Operations, and even more utility softwares, like Power Director and such, it's no wonder they command such a branding and price. Sold for $1259, it's a high price to pay for quality and branding. Also, this card had help our in-house Overclocking guru, Shamino, broken the 3DMark 05 world record, of 16,770. Read more here.

The "Extremely" large box of the Extreme N7800 GTX.

The card itself. ASUS didnt bother with those small logo emblems, show's their serious approach to this field.

The only deciding factor - EN7800GTX, the only clue showing this is an ASUS card.

Something that is not available on other cards. The HDTV cum VIVO mini breakout box, to be connected onto the S-Video output from the card.

A closer look at the DIP switches. Various HDTV modes are available thru hard switching, from super high resolution of 1080p to lower range of 480p. Sweet!

The back of the large box.

The Geforce 6600GT remains the best selling mid range graphic card for the masses. Eagle 6600GT AGP holds the crown for being the cheapest for the 6600GT AGP category. Priced at a shocking $270 at DAT, it is an undisputed winner in terms of pricing. Having a redesigned PCB board, with some unusual designs, this card might be your choice if you're tight on budget.

The Eage 6600GT AGP. Dual Fan system to cool both the Nvidia HSI bridge and the core. Redesigned PCB board, very unlike big names with the similar products.

The unusual placement of the power connector. Placed right at the edge of the other side of the card, nearing the video output ports.

RAMs found of this card. Standard 2.0ns Infineon GDDR3 memory.

The simple packaging of the Eagle card.

ASUS had made waves previously for the A8N-SLi Deluxe, and now they had came out with an improved model, the ASUS A8N-SLi Premium. Spotting some impressive cooling on the northbridge, this board itself has totally no moving parts to produce noise. On top of it, this board is said to have improved overclocking capabilities, especially with 1T memory settings. Our in-house Overclocking guru, Shamino uses this board, and had recently broken another world record with this board. Take a look here. Priced at $315 and could be found at DAT, this is simply a fusion of extreme performance and stability.

The board itself from top down.

A close up on the fanless heatsink that cools both the MOSFETs and the northbridge via a thick heatpipe.

The Marvell Gigabit LAN controller, for 1 of the 2 Gigabit LAN ports.

The Silicon Sil3114 controller, that take charge of 4 SATA ports via the PCI bus.

The other Gigabit LAN controller for the other Gigabit LAN port.

A Texas Instrument Firewire controller on the board.

The rear I/O ports, with a full range of connections.

The A8N-SLI Premium silk screen wordings, and also it's revision number (Rev 1.02). Also, on the bottom right of the picture, those ICs actually take charge of the digital switching of PCIe lanes between the 2 physical PCIe x16 slots. No more card flipping, or loads of jumpers to meddle with.

Quality capacitors are found all over this board, like these pictured, high quality Rubycon ones.

The trademark AI Proactive packaging for the A8N-SLI Premium.

Silverstone is a name that comes into mind when it comes to Power and Cooling, together with clean sleek looks and quality. The Silverstone Nitrogen NT02 heatsink/fan is no exception. Full Copper heatsink, with a very pretty Silverstone Nitrogen emblem on the top, and comes with heatpipes to ensure quick heat dissipation. Found at DAT, and priced at $95 for this, it's a must have for those case modders.

The NT02 right out of the box. Solid copper for better cooling.

The sleek Nitrogen logo on top of the heatsink, for users to show off when this fan is mounted.

The base of the heatsink. Although machine marks are visible, it is still pretty smooth. Also, the mounting bracket attached could take PGA 478 / LGA 775 / A64 mountings.

The slits found on the fan, to give extra flow of air, with less air turbulence.

The label on the fan. Powerful at 0.40A.

An included accessory, the front 3.5" bay controller for the fan.

The front packaging for the NT02. Silverstone sure spent effort to make the packaging a looker.

The back of the pretty packaging.

Some specs of the heatsink found on the back of the box.

Some specs of the fan found on the back of the box.

At the Samsung sales counter beside the lifts at level 5, we saw one of the newest Samsung display, featuring 4ms pixel response time. The 17" model we found, the Samsung SyncMaster 730 BF, features such, and is made for the most demanding gamer. Priced at $539, this monitor could be found at most Samsung dealers.

The new Samsung 730 BF on display.

A closer up look at the model name.

While we were walking about in Sim Lim Square, we've spotted many shops decorating themselves with lots of Maxtor boxes. Upon some questioning and we found that there was a Maxtor decorating competition going on, where the most decorated store could win a 30" Philips LCD TV. Looking fascinating, the winner of this competition, Media Mart Computer, is sure a deserved winner.

Just look at the number of Maxtor boxes!

A close up at some hard drives decorated with the Maxtor boxes.

More Maxtor boxes here...

The medal Media Mart got. They are the champions.

That wraps up this week, catch you next weekend again on our Weekly SLS Walk About. :)